I've photographed, under the direct sunlight, a 24 color GretagMacbeth / X-Rite table, then, after converting the RAW to DNG, I've created the standard color profiles with Adobe DNG Profile Editor. Starting from the standard profile and using as reference the "non standard" Nikon, Canon and Leica's profiles, I've created the creative profiles.

The profile files must be saved under the following folder (be aware that it could be hidden):

Thanks for sharing the profiles.One comment: would you consider changing the internal profile name to be identical to the file name? When Lightroom shows them in the list, you see something like "Vivid", so it's hard to know if it picked the right file.

Hi, thank you so much for these... may I get some help? I've tried looking for the folder to install this, but I don't have CameraRaw, only Lightroom. Where must I install these files for Lightroom? Thank you much again..

Hi Maurizio,I was also tempted between 5N+EVF and 7.7 has more knobs, integrated EVF and flash shoe, better looks, but too much pixels (Comparing A77 versus 5N at dpreview comparometer, 5N is better IQ IMHO) and more noise. The 300 Euros plus is not deciding factor.

The 5N apparently has excellent IQ, small size, EVF is tiltable and touchscreen, but only alternating use of flash/evf/extmicro.

In the end, IQ is the most important thing for me. I have a remote control unit triggerable with the integrated one, so that is not BIG problem.

And lastly, I thought, inspite of all the hype, a 7 is still only a premium compact camera with CDAF, so it still lacks a lot compared to any DSLR - except the price -)).

The 5N is the same, but at least with a much lower, adequate price. And when taking a look at the fastly revolving evolution wheel of bodies (M43 bodies within less than 6 months, Nex 3, 5, C3, 5N and soon 7 within less than 1.5 years) an even better Nex will be lurking around the corner.So I'd recommend the 5N now and tommorow, who knows -))

I hope to have the time tomorrow, it's not so easy with a work and a family with two little children.I really like the 5N, I mainly shot with manual lenses in raw, and so I've not used to much many of its features (that are jpeg and af lenses only), but the quality of the files (photo and video) is much better than the NEX-5.

Just copy the correct camera folder (for example "Sony SLT-A77") under the path "/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CameraRaw/CameraProfiles/Camera".Now you will find the profiles under the Develop module, Camera Calibration section.

Thanks so much Maurizio - 1st day on light room so a lot to learn.. Loving the colour profiles esp Faithful and Neutral... Found the standard Adobe profile made all the Nex 7 shots look way over saturated... Keep up the great work! Raff

Thank's for profiles, I'd used a200, a700 and a55 ones, but now I've bought A57 and need a profile for it.If U don't have enough time, please share the method to create one, it must be same sensor as nex-5N

The new release candidate versions of ACR and LR already include Standard, Landscape, Portrait and Vivid profiles for the RX-100 and the NEX cameras.In the following days I'll update my profiles, using the Adobe ones when available.

Thank's a lot! Definitely trying this when I get home. I was wondering whether there was something wrong with my camera :S! So this colour profile thing seems to be the answer. I saw a Youtube video pointing to your blog.

Sorry you are correct! I used one of your profiles to create a preset in LR3 before I upgraded to LR4.When using that preset in LR4 it reverts back to the LR3 settings.I have now created a new preset using one of your recent profiles and all is well. I was getting mixed up between profiles and presets.

Hi, Big thanks for your profiles it seems to been great! I have one problem, it only appears 5 profiles in Lightroom, not all of them. I have saved the folder into the camera raw folder and as i said, five if the appear in Lightroom but the rest don't.

I have the nex 7 and i need help, what can i do to make all of them to appear in Lightroom.

Any chance you could share some of the RAW files (specifically the RX100 for my interests, but others too might be nice) with the "Darktable" open source project? They use these to set up extended color matrices.http://darktable.org

Unfortunately most of the SLT-A57 profiles seem to be broken, the images get a green tinge when i apply faithful, neutral, vivid, and landscape (leica doesn't even appear). Please can you fix them. Would be really nice. Thank you very much.

I checked the RX1 profiles testing them with an arw sample image and they work flawlessy.Are you shure you put the files under the folder"C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\CameraRaw\CameraProfiles"

A big thank you not for just the links for how and where to save them. I was having a problem trying to understand the profiles and why nothing was showing excepts Adobe Standard. After hours of forum reading your post solved it! A HUGE thank you

Maurizio, thank you for the Sony a77 profiles. I think I finally figured out how to get them in my LR4.3 (after several attempts). Here's how I did it: After downloading your profiles I unzipped the folder and moved all of the profiles into a folder on my desktop. From there I searched for and opened the correct file that has the Camera Profiles (per your instructions) and then moved each profile into the Camera Profiles folder. Afterwards I opened up LR4.3, picked a photo to develop, scrolled down to the Camera Calibration header and clicked onto the appropriate profile. They all seemed to be there. I can't wait to try them out. Thanks again.

I am so confused on how to get your camera profiles into lr4! I have downloaded the a77 file and unzipped it but that's as far as I can get. Could you please walk me through the process, step by step? I have no idea what you mean by "just save it to your HD, users,..."

I found the contents folder under Lr4 but there was no library folder. I tried going to resources and found camera profiles but when I pasted the dng files in that folder they didn't show up under the camera calibration section of Lightroom. I even tried restarting the computer and Lightroom and that didn't help either. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Nevermind, I figured it out. Man was that a doozy! I figured out that you have to go under the develop presets folder in lightroom and find it that way. Anyhow, thank you for your good work, they work great!

"Camera Name" has no sense in front of profiles names, LR will show you only the matching profile of the camera belonging to the selected picture.Also, with standard names, you can, for example, assign "Vivid" profile to all the imported images, despite of the camera model.

The Otter said...Never mind. I removed the presets, checked LR, and then added them back in, and noticed the added Camera Profiles.

Is there a way for me to rename the profiles so they showup with my camera name in front of it?

I am in the same boat as Alexander above. I cannot get the profiles for my A65 to show up in LR or ACR! I think I have them in the right folder but I am not sure. I just recently added LR 4 and I am not sure what I did wrong. PLEASE Help. My pictures look yucky!

I had changed the camera name from SLT-A65 to SLT-A65V, as requested by Dalton Bryant, but checking them with A65 raw samples, I've discovered that the correct name recognized by LR is SLT-A65, so I revert things back and I've fixed the zip file (try to download it again).

RE: David Landry said...I just tried to import the NEX 6 presets into LR 4.4 and they are greyed out. I noticed they have a file extension of .dcp. Shouldn't it have an ext. of .lrtemplate?Am I missing something?ThanksDavid-------------------------------------The color profiles have the correct extension, they will show up in the camera calibration section.

Great Job! Thanks so much!But I wanna point out,Sony A58 has the same COMS as ILCE-3000,so you can just copy A58 profile to be ILCE-3000. It is true,open the PS ACR profile folder see its Adobe Standard Profile,really the same! I just use dcptool to change its model, works great!

One of Nex 7 Profile seems a bit too green for my liking. Or did ACR software causing this to go green like Adobe does green things? Just curious. The clouds in skies should be blue/grey not green/blue/grey. I have never seen skies with green/blue/grey before. lol Maybe it could have been twisted profile?

Hi - I'm using Mac. I tried to copy the Sony ILCE-7 profile for Lightroom5 but I cant see those Sony ILCE-7 Leica or Vivid Blue or other that you created. Do those suppose to be seen on the pulldown camera calibration menu of Lightroom5 too?

I couldn't use the RX1 one with RX1R, can you please help make one for RX1R? I imagine you just need to set the camera name somewhere before you regenerate the color profiles? Thanks a lot if that's not much hassle!

Dear Maurizio,Thanks again you for your effort to verify the problem I reported.

This is pretty unfair ;)

The raw files which my nex-6 produces, act differently to your profiles than the raws you can download form photographyblog.Sounds weird, I know. But I was able to reproduce that.Well, I have no clue about the reason. Maybe because my nex-6 has a different firmware loaded (the latest one) than the nex-6 photographyblog used for their review? Would you mind to check some of my raw's. Could be that there are other nex-6 users facing the same problem.Thanks. Erol

I guess I found the reason regarding the green cast I discovered with your nex-6 profiles.

I set the WB while the Adobe "" "Camera Portrait" profile was applied. I used a reference photo where I hold a gray card. The values I got was Temp 5400, Tint 18. Then I applied your profile "Portrait" and got that strong green cast.

Now, while your profile was applied I set the WB again, and voila, the green was gone. The WB values I got now was Temp 5600, Tint 50.

I was not aware that you need to reset the WB when switching over to your profiles. If you stay between your profiles, the WB keeps fine. Just if you change between your and Adobe's one.

There are a few comments here about green casts. It's quite possible that they made the same mistake I did.

I have placed the Sony SLT-A77 folder in the following location: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/CameraRaw/CameraProfiles/Camera The only profile that shows up in Lightroom 5.4 or Camera Raw 8.4.1 is Adobe Standard. Please help - I am going crazy!

i was unhappy with the colors from my Sony A7r when processing the RAW files. There is no way to adjust them to look like the gorgeous JPEGs in Lightroom. Of course you can change all colors even individually that is all based on your camera profile and the ones for the A7 series are poor in my opinion.

I now use your profile "Faithful" as a starting point and i like it.

I wrote a little article on my blog at gerhardsphoto.com and also put up a link to you site. I hope that is ok with you.